Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 16, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. They help us improve your experience by enabling certain features and functionality on our website, remembering your preferences, and providing relevant content.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies.

2. How We Use Cookies

BryanStay uses cookies for several important purposes to enhance your browsing experience:

  • Essential Website Functionality: To enable core features like navigation and access to secure areas
  • User Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences for future visits
  • Performance Analysis: To understand how visitors interact with our website
  • Content Personalization: To show you relevant content and services
  • Marketing Optimization: To deliver targeted advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
session_token Maintains user session state Session
cookie_consent Remembers cookie consent preferences 1 year

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages. This helps us improve the website's performance and user experience.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Google Analytics - distinguishes users 2 years
_ga_[container-id] Google Analytics - session data 2 years

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
user_preferences Stores user interface preferences 1 year
newsletter_prefs Newsletter subscription preferences 1 year

Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_fbp Facebook Pixel - tracks conversions 3 months
marketing_consent Marketing consent tracking 1 year

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies to report website usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and analyze visitor behavior. These third parties include:

Google Analytics

Provides website traffic and user behavior analytics

View Privacy Policy →

Facebook Pixel

Tracks conversions and enables targeted advertising

View Privacy Policy →

Mailchimp

Powers our newsletter and email marketing

View Privacy Policy →

Booking Partners

Travel booking platforms and hotel partners

Various providers

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies on our website:

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can access these preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our footer.

Current Cookie Settings

Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View what cookies are stored on your device
  • Delete cookies individually or all at once
  • Block cookies from specific websites
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Set cookies to be deleted when you close your browser
Chrome

Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data

Firefox

Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data

Safari

Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data

Edge

Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you can browse our website with cookies disabled, some functionality may be limited:

  • Website Performance: Some features may not work correctly or load slowly
  • Personalization: We won't be able to remember your preferences
  • Analytics: We won't be able to improve our website based on usage data
  • Marketing: You may see less relevant advertisements
  • Forms: Contact and newsletter forms may not function properly

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will:

  • Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
  • Notify you through our cookie consent banner if significant changes are made
  • Provide advance notice for material changes that may affect your rights

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Last Updated: June 16, 2025
Effective Date: June 16, 2025

This Cookie Policy is part of our commitment to transparency and your privacy rights.

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